Used to spend $60 a month on yarn, now I unravel old sweaters from the thrift store

Back in 2017 I was dropping real cash at the craft store every payday. Then I lost my job in March and had to figure out something else. Started buying wool sweaters for $3 each at Goodwill in Portland and unraveling them at home. It takes about 2 hours per sweater but you get like 400 yards of decent yarn. The seams are a pain and some sweaters are too felted to work, but ive made 3 scarves and a hat so far. Anyone else tried this or got a better cheap yarn hack?

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the_anna1mo ago

Thats rough losing your job. Good on you for making it work.